Folk tales from Tibet, How He Found the Lost Turquoise., sentence 36
The servant lent him a knife, and as soon as he had got it he enticed one of the pigs away to a quiet corner, where he killed it and cut off its head; and taking with him some strips of its flesh, he returned to his nest in the manure, and hid himself there again, together with the pig’s head, waiting to see what would turn up.
Who acts: servant, slank · What happens: lend, get, entice, kill, cut off, take · To what, where: knife, slank, one, head, strips, manure · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «Folk tales from Tibet» by William Frederick Travers, Sir O'Connor, How He Found the Lost Turquoise.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (servant, slank), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.
Mova's own parse. This tree may be wrong.
The tree
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 servant | det |
| 2 | servant | servant | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 lent | nsubj |
| 3 | lent | lend | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 lent | obj |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 knife | det |
| 6 | knife | knife | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 lent | obj |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 enticed | punct |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 17 enticed | cc |
| 9 | as | as | ADV | _ | 10 soon | advmod |
| 10 | soon | soon | ADV | Degree=Pos | 17 enticed | advmod |
| 11 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 14 got | mark |
| 12 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 got | nsubj |
| 13 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 14 got | aux |
| 14 | got | get | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 17 enticed | parataxis |
| 15 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 got | obj |
| 16 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 17 enticed | nsubj |
| 17 | enticed | entice | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 lent | conj |
| 18 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 17 enticed | obj |
| 19 | of | of | ADP | _ | 21 pigs | case |
| 20 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 pigs | det |
| 21 | pigs | pig | NOUN | Number=Plur | 18 one | nmod |
| 22 | away | away | ADV | _ | 26 corner | advmod |
| 23 | to | to | ADP | _ | 26 corner | case |
| 24 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 26 corner | det |
| 25 | quiet | quiet | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 26 corner | amod |
| 26 | corner | corner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 enticed | obl |
| 27 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 30 killed | punct |
| 28 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 30 killed | advmod |
| 29 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 30 killed | nsubj |
| 30 | killed | kill | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 26 corner | parataxis |
| 31 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 30 killed | obj |
| 32 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 33 cut | cc |
| 33 | cut | cut | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 30 killed | conj |
| 34 | off | off | ADP | _ | 33 cut | compound:prt |
| 35 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 36 head | nmod:poss |
| 36 | head | head | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 cut | obj |
| 37 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 39 taking | punct |
| 38 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 39 taking | cc |
| 39 | taking | take | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 3 lent | advcl |
| 40 | with | with | ADP | _ | 41 him | case |
| 41 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 39 taking | obl |
| 42 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 43 strips | det |
| 43 | strips | strip | NOUN | Number=Plur | 39 taking | obj |
| 44 | of | of | ADP | _ | 46 flesh | case |
| 45 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 46 flesh | nmod:poss |
| 46 | flesh | flesh | NOUN | Number=Sing | 43 strips | nmod |
| 47 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 49 returned | punct |
| 48 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 49 returned | nsubj |
| 49 | returned | return | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 lent | parataxis |
| 50 | to | to | ADP | _ | 52 nest | case |
| 51 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 52 nest | nmod:poss |
| 52 | nest | nest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 49 returned | obl |
| 53 | in | in | ADP | _ | 55 manure | case |
| 54 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 55 manure | det |
| 55 | manure | manure | NOUN | Number=Sing | 49 returned | obl |
| 56 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 58 hid | punct |
| 57 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 58 hid | cc |
| 58 | hid | hide | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 lent | conj |
| 59 | himself | himself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 58 hid | obj |
| 60 | there | there | ADV | PronType=Dem | 58 hid | advmod |
| 61 | again | again | ADV | _ | 58 hid | advmod |
| 62 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 63 together | punct |
| 63 | together | together | ADV | _ | 58 hid | advmod |
| 64 | with | with | ADP | _ | 68 head | case |
| 65 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 66 pig | det |
| 66 | pig | pig | NOUN | Number=Sing | 68 head | nmod:poss |
| 67 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 66 pig | case |
| 68 | head | head | NOUN | Number=Sing | 58 hid | obl |
| 69 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 70 waiting | punct |
| 70 | waiting | wait | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 58 hid | advcl |
| 71 | to | to | PART | _ | 72 see | mark |
| 72 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 70 waiting | advcl |
| 73 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 75 turn | obj |
| 74 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 75 turn | aux |
| 75 | turn | turn | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 72 see | ccomp |
| 76 | up | up | ADP | _ | 75 turn | compound:prt |
| 77 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 lent | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lend | past | the servant | a knife | slank | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient knife=Theme | |||
| 2 | get | past · perfect | slank | knife | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus | ||||
| 3 | entice | past | slank | one of the pigs | to a quiet corner result; soon property | vn lure-59.3 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Agent one=Patient to corner=Result | |||
| 4 | kill | past | slank | knife | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | ||||
| 5 | cut off | participle | slank not said here | knife's head | vn stop-55.4-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Affector head=Eventuality | ||||
| 6 | take | gerund | the servant not said here | some strips of knife's flesh | with slank | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent strip=Theme | |||
| 7 | return | past | slank | the manure | to slank's nest result | vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to nest=Result | |||
| 8 | hide | past | the servant not said here | slank | there | again | with the pig's head; together property | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Patient | |
| 9 | wait | gerund | the servant not said here | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 10 | see | to-infinitive | the servant not said here | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 11 | turn up | would | what obj | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location what=Theme |
One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.
Text: «Folk tales from Tibet» by William Frederick Travers, Sir O'Connor, Project Gutenberg book 75000 (public domain in the USA). Tree: Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), the chapter read in order.
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